Fiona Forsyth
@fionawriter.bsky.social
Historical fiction author and Rome geek, SoA, CWA, HWA https://substack.com/@fionaforsyth1
My #JeffreyArcher story: in 1990 a group of us punted to Granchester (we were young, I blame Brideshead Revisited). We got lost going to the pub and were suddenly caught in security lights - we were trespassing in Jeffrey Archer’s garden. He was very nice about it and showed us the way to the pub.
📚 Happy publication day to Penny Hancock with ‘The Ingenious Miss Sly’! Congratulations on your book launch - we hope this new book flies off the shelves 🎉 #CrimeBooks #NewBooks #CrimeFiction
Interesting take from David Hewson- and he should know Why an AI Audiobook Won't Make You Rich davidhewson.com/why-an-ai-au...
Why an AI Audiobook Won't Make You Rich
Novelist David Hewson looks at AI audiobook narration for authors — the platforms, the voice-cloning options, and why the money rarely adds up to much.
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9/25 happy Dolly Day to all those who celebrate it, and everyone who loves books
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🤍 estranged husbands 💪 close brothers x2 🗡️ an mc who is 100% done 🐺 a love interest ready to grovel 🏫 a haunted, gothic school 🔍 buried secrets ❄️ snowy setting 🔖 universal: mybook.to/aBMB 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-strange-... 📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... [ #booksky ]
CWA members are regularly invited to submit short stories for consideration in our anthologies. With a mix of experienced and emerging authors, these showcase *serious* talent. Want to see your work considered? Make sure you get involved next time! buff.ly/slfsV4q
Happy publication day! www.amazon.co.uk/Governors-Ma...
The Governor's Man: A thrilling investigation in Ancient Rome... (Quintus Valerius Roman Mysteries Book 1)
The Governor's Man: A thrilling investigation in Ancient Rome... (Quintus Valerius Roman Mysteries Book 1) eBook : Rogers, Jacquie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Do you prefer LISTENING to your #histfic rather than reading it? DE BOHUN’S DESTINY, the Third Meonbridge Chronicle is available in #Audible, narrated by @alexnarrator.bsky.social Amazon mybook.to/G4j4aTG Audible www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GKQK9FRZ
A lovely promo from the ever professional @maryanneyarde.bsky.social
maryanneyarde.bsky.social 💙📚📜@maryanneyarde.bsky.social · last mo.🏛️🔎 What if a killer started using your poetry as a timetable for murder? Ovid is in exile at the edge of the Roman Empire — and somebody in Tomis is killing. Discover Poetic Justice by Fiona Forsyth. 📚 #KindleUnlimited maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/09/blog... #Booksky #HistoricalMystery 💙📚
Take a look at some of the incredible authors (and me!) on this. If you're in the North-West, you need to get your finger out and head over to Preston. Hell, if you're down my way and you want a lift up on the Saturday, I'll bloody take you. For all the information you need head to the link below...
More books - these are the books I found especially useful in writing about the Roman Late Republic and Early Empire
Subscribe to Jacquie’s Substack to enter a giveaway for her new novelette “A Night Blacker and Darker”. #Pompeii substack.com/@jacquieroge...
Jacquie Rogers | Substack
https://linktr.ee/jacquierogers for buy links, contacts, author events. Author of the Quintus Valerius mystery novels set in Roman Britain, and beyond. Reader, hillwalker, traveller, wine lover. Home ...
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📅#OTD 1642. Nottingham. King Charles I sent Will Murray, his friend and servant, to Scotland. Murray is instructed to visit those loyal to the king (chief of whom is the Earl of Montrose) to obtain their advice. The king also wrote separately to Montrose to say he reposed great trust in him.
The war ended in 1945, but for some, the killing never stopped... Readers are absolutely hooked by #Codename61 by @alexshawhetman 🙌📖 Treat yourself this weekend to a historical thriller that'll have you on the edge of your seat... Read it today! mybook.to/Codename61
Some time ago I wrote a short story about Agrippa. My cunning plan is to completely outdo Robert Harris this week by putting my story on Substack. Mwahahaha! fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/agrippa
Agrippa
I know, I know, we are all waiting for Thursday and the publication of Robert Harris’ Agrippa. But more than a year ago, I wrote this short story, and I thought it might entertain you a little as you ...
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Maybe today marks the anniversary of Vesuvius’ eruption, maybe it was later on in the year. There is a lot more to discover about the people and their lives. #Pompeii
A cunningly camouflaged bee is delighted at the blooming of my sunflowers
Some musings on that most challenging event for the introvert author - the book festival! fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/selling-bo...
Selling books
The above explains why we didn’t make a podcast from the Liverpool Book Festival… which was otherwise great fun.
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Out of curiosity, I tried to spin wool today. I shall never look at “lanam fecit” on a Roman lady’s tombstone without awe now.
Happy International Cat Day! With love from Lucie, Frannie, Alice, Eileen, Kitty, Rufus, Sam and Dean
🏛️📜 What happens when Rome's greatest poet becomes entangled with a killer whose crimes follow the rhythm of his own verses? Find out with Fiona Forsyth fabulous novel - Poetic Justice. 📖 Read with #KindleUnlimited 🦋 maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/08/poet... #HistFic #mustread 💙📚
I present a Substack all about animals this week - Roman animals fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/the-animal...
The Animals of Norwich Castle
Especially the Roman ones
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